User:Jlerner/Sandbox/IED

Exploded IED, 2/28/1983, Germany
Source: National Memorial Institute

Found / Defused IED, 12/20/1983, Germany
Source: Miami Herald

West German police said Monday they had arrested four men and thwarted a plot to bomb U.S. Army installations, a railway yard and bridges in the Frankfurt area. Also, tight security was clamped on the U.S. General Consulate building and the U.S. Army's V-Corps headquarters a few blocks away because of what police called a "special security situation." Thirty-seven pounds of explosive chemicals and other components for homemade bombs were seized in Thirty-seven pounds of explosive chemicals and other components for homemade ...They took away a 26-pound fire extinguisher fitted with an automatic detonating cap, a marmalade jar wired to take explosives, a wired alarm clock,

Exploded IED, 3/13/1985, Israel
Source: The Atlanta Constitution

The Bomb consisted of a fire extinguisher stuffed with homemade explosives. The timing mechanism of The Bomb was still ticking when it was discovered in The.

Found / Defused IED, 5/1/1985, Germany
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

A homemade bomb was found in the diplomatic quarter today and was defused shortly after President Reagan arrived to take part in a seven-nation economic summit. The explosive was found in Bad Godesburg about 16 miles from the guest house where Reagan is staying. No one was hurt. The bomb was discovered in a blue shoulder bag on the terrace of the building housing the Federal Association of German Air and Space Travel, according to police. She said the bomb was made of explosives packed into A fire extinguisher and was defused by A police BOMB squad.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 6/14/1985, United States
Source: Atlanta Journal

Demolition experts dismantled a phony bomb fashioned from an empty fire extinguisher, flashlight batteries and wire after the device was discovered just inside the main entrance to Plant Vogtle's unit one containment dome, said Georgia Power Co. spokesman Ben Garrett."It just appeared to be somebody's practical joke," he said. "Nobody claimed any credit for it."

Found / Defused IED, 11/10/1985, Germany
Source: Washington Post

KARLSRUHE, West Germany -- Police found a fire extinguisher packed with explosives on a NATO fuel pipeline and searched for a second Bomb believed to be ...

Exploded IED, 5/6/1986, Germany
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

No Americans were IN the building when the bomb, which evidently was hidden IN a fire extinguisher, went off, a British Army spokesman said. ..

Found / Defused IED, 6/12/1987, United States
Source: Daily News of Los Angeles

Calabasas High School was evacuated for two hours Thursday after school officials found what appeared to be a bomb in the administration building. Bomb experts from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department removed the device, which they said contained explosive materials. It was not capable of exploding, however, because there was no fuse or ignition point, said Deputy Bob Toronto. About 1,200 students and 50 faculty and staff members were evacuated to the football field

Found / Defused IED, 4/12/1988, United States
Source: New Jersey State Police

April 12, 1988 - Japanese Red Army member Yu Kikimura, was arrested for suspicious behavior at a rest stop along the NJ Turnpike. Inside his car, a NJ State Trooper found three homemade anti-personnel bombs disguised as fire extinguishers that were intended for a terrorist operation in leveling the U.S. Army Recruiting Station located in Times Square to coincide with the second anniversary of the U.S. retaliatory air strike against Libya in 1986. There also was the little-known 1988 arrest of Japanese Red Army master bomb maker Yu Kikumura. Following the April 15, 1986, U.S. Air Force bombing of Libya, the Libyans employed Kikumura and several of his Red Army colleagues to conduct attacks against U.S. interests. Calling themselves the Anti-Imperialist International Brigade, Kikumura and his associates conducted a string of attacks against U.S. interests in Spain, Italy and Indonesia. Kikumura, a fastidious bomb maker, also traveled widely through the United States to obtain the components necessary to fabricate his sophisticated IEDs, which he packed in metal fire-extinguisher canisters. In spite of all this travel, however, Kikumura's bomb making endeavors did not bring him to the attention of the authorities.....On April 12, 1988, three days before the second anniversary of the 1986 air attack, Kikumura was arrested at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike after a New Jersey state trooper noticed that he was behaving suspiciously. Kikumura's vehicle was found to contain three powerful IEDs and a map with markings that suggested he planned to target a U.S. Navy recruiting center, the United Nations and a Veteran's Administration building. Kikumura, who was convicted in November 1988, served 221 months in a federal penitentiary. He was released in April and turned over to Japanese authorities, who plan to try him in connection with several other terrorism-related crimes.

Found / Defused IED, 4/11/1996, France
Source: The Toronto Sun

According to the highest French intelligence source, France's spy agency, SDECE, was ordered to assassinate Khadaffi during the brief conflict a decade ago between Paris and Tripoli over Chad's Aozou Strip. French agents secreted an altitude-triggered bomb in a fire extinguisher aboard Khadaffi's private jet. When French Foreign Legionnaires disguised as Chadian tribesmen drove the Libyans out of Chad, and relations between Paris and Tripoli improved, SDECE agents were ordered to covertly remove the bomb.

Exploded IED, 7/6/1996, United States
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Police are seeking federal help in investigating the detonation of a homemade bomb that may have resulted from a recipe obtained over the Internet. Someone apparently packed a small fire extinguisher with gunpowder and set it off about 5 p.m. Thursday in a garbage bin behind Wausau Canvas Co. Inc., Police Inspector Roger Lenzner said. The explosion sent pieces of the fire extinguisher flying through the air and blew out three windows of the building.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 8/29/1996, United States
Source: The Charlotte Observer

A Monroe man who constructed what he called ``conversation pieces'' was charged Wednesday with possessing weapons of mass destruction. A Monroe police officer on patrol found one of the ``conversation pieces'' abandoned on a city bridge early Wednesday. Suspecting it might be a bomb, police closed the street and called in bomb experts. The device turned out to be a sand-filled fire extinguisher with two wires sticking out on top. Police found

Found / Defused IED, 11/7/1996, United States
Source: Fort Worth Telegram

... device" built with two fire extinguisher cylinders filled with black gunpowder. ... Jenkins, investigators said, served in The military as An explosive ...

Found / Defused IED, 3/18/1997, France
Source: Washington Post

Police said the Bomb, apparently A fire extinguisher stuffed with explosives, had been hung on the door of the building. "We have No clues yet to guide the

Found / Defused IED, 5/22/1998, United States
Source: cnn.com

another bomb, fashioned from a 5-pound fire extinguisher and equipped with a timer, and Two simple pipe BOMBS were also taken from the crawl space. ...

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 6/16/1998, Russia
Source: BBC News

Two people were hurt on a Moscow metro train on Tuesday in an accident involving a portable fire extinguisher, rather than an explosive device as reported earlier, Russian Ekho Moskvy radio said. The Federal Security Service and police were initially alarmed by reports of an explosion near the Teatralnaya metro station but had now established the cause of the incident, the radio said...

Training, 6/6/1999, United States
Source: Pittsburg Post Gazette

Although Clark awarded Panza an 'A' for spotting "Whiplash," he noted that the principal failed to find four other explosives, one of which was hidden in a hollowed-out fire extinguisher.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 8/18/1999, United States
Source: Washington Post

Wade flagged down a U.S. Secret Service car in the pre-dawn darkness, leading to a nearly four-hour traffic tie-up as law enforcement officials checked out and then shot open the suitcase that Wade had found in the alley next to the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 1001 14th St. NW. Four hundred guests from the fully booked hotel were evacuated to Franklin Square across the street, after being awakened at 5:30 a.m. by the hotel fire alarm and an intercom announcement.Wade, 35, said in an interview that he was rummaging for food in the alley when he came across the suitcase. Believing it might have been left by a hotel guest, he said, Wade shook the suitcase and opened the latch."I noticed this container that looked like a fire extinguisher, with two little holes that looked like pressure valves," Wade said. "There was this little black box that had a wire" passing into it. When Wade tried to remove the container, a red light and loud alarm went off.

Found / Defused IED, 1/1/2001, Israel
Source: Israel National News

2001 - Early AM – A bomb was found in the Ra’anana home of navy Col. Nathan Barak, next to his bed. The explosive device was connected to a fire extinguisher and cellular telephone detonator. It was neutralized without incident. The device also contained a quantity of nails to increase the devastation of the explosion.

Found / Defused IED, 1/1/2001, Israel
Source: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

senior Tanzim operative, established an explosives laboratory in the Dehaishe refugee camp near Bethlehem. The laboratory was used to manufacture bombs, which were later used in terrorist attacks against Israel. It was situated in the Dar Hamash neighborhood next to the Rouwdat Ibdaa Kindergarten, with which it shared a common wall - a fact that indicates the amount of risk the Palestinian children were exposed to in the event of an explosive work accident. Sarahne confessed that the laboratory contained gas canisters, explosives, fire extinguishers, and pipes for manufacturing bombs - all of which were separated from the kindergarten by only an interior wall.

Exploded IED, 1/20/2001, Japan
Source: Kyodo World News Service

TOKYO, Jan. 20 A device inside a wooden box that exploded Saturday at a park in Tokyo' s Shinjuku Ward, seriously injuring a homeless man, was most likely a fire extinguisher loaded with explosives, police sources said Sunday.The police found about 70 fragments of the device, including a piece of metal believed to be the bottom of the fire extinguisher, in a radius of about 60 meters near the explosion site in Shinjuku Chuo Koen (Shinjuku Central Park). The 8:40 a.m. explosion in the Nishi-Shinjuku district knocked Yoshimi Sasaki, 53, unconscious and left hi

Found / Defused IED, 2/12/2001, Ireland
Source: BBC News

Police said some of the explosives were in a "highly volatile" and dangerous condition, and enough to demolish the 75 flats in the complex.Assistant RUC chief constable for Belfast Alan McQuillan said it was one of the largest loyalist bomb factories found in recent years.He said the most worrying find was the device made up in a fire extinguisher."This consisted of about 45lbs of explosives. It was fully prepared and ready to go," he said."If that device in particular had gone off, the advice we have is that it would have literally taken out the entire floor of flats in that level and we would have been looking at total carnage."

Found / Defused IED, 10/30/2001, Israel
Source: Washington Post

Our correspondent Yafa Glick reports that the bomb was made of explosives taped to a fire extinguisher and was supposed to be set off by a cellular phone. ...

Found / Defused IED, 2/27/2002, United States
Source: Spokane Spokesman

A Deer Park man who allegedly blew up a pipe bomb on New Year's Day was arrested Tuesday when sheriff's detectives say they found evidence he was building a bigger bomb. Ronald E. Hascusson, 35, of 208 S. Main in Deer Park, was booked into jail on suspicion of possessing an illegal explosive device.Armed with a warrant obtained by Detective Mike Kittilstved, sheriff's officers and members of the Spokane City-County Explosive Disposal Unit searched the house where Hascusson rents a room. They reported finding fuse material, shotgun shells that had been emptied of gunpowder and a disassembled 18-inch fire extinguisher.Cpl. Dave Reagan, the sheriff's spokesman, said the fire extinguisher apparently was being turned into a large-scale pipe bomb.Detectives also found a small crater in a nearby field and remnants of what they believe was the New Year's Day bomb.Reagan said Hascusson was arrested without incident, and has no known ties to any organized group.

Found / Defused IED, 4/6/2002, France
Source: New York Times

In Strasbourg, the police said the latest bomb, a crude device consisting of a fire extinguisher containing as much as 11 pounds of explosives, was found in a small prayer house whose doors were set ablaze over the Passover-Easter weekend, following an anti-Israel demonstration.

Found / Defused IED, 5/9/2002, Isreal
Source: Pravda

On Wednesday, two home-made bombs were discovered near the home of former prime minister Ehud Barak in Kochav Yair. The first bomb included a fire extinguisher with a cellular phone attached to it. Sappers who arrived on the scene said the fire extinguisher was packed with explosives and shrapnel. The second bomb was discovered 20 meters away, six hours later.

Found / Defused IED, 5/12/2002, Isreal
Source: Isreal Ministry of Foriegn Affairs

Shukri also stated that he dismantled the explosives from the belt, and placed them inside a fire extinguisher. His colleague, Maed Jameil placed the explosive charge in the Al Satwan mosque, in the Yasmina neighborhood of Nablus. Maed planned to connect the container wires to a long electric cord leading to a car battery, and then to hide away behind sand bags. He planned to detonate the explosives as soon as the IDF soldiers reached the entrance of the mosque. IDF soldiers foiled Maed's terrorist attack.

Found / Defused IED, 9/2/2002, Isreal
Source: Jerusalem Post

The first bomb was hidden inside a fire extinguisher to which a mobile phone ... The fire-extinguisher bombs contained about five kilograms of explosives. ...

Found / Defused IED, 11/28/2002, India
Source: www.jammu-kashmir.com/

Security has been further tightened in the city following the attack, the sources said. earlier in the day, police foiled a plan to cause a series of explosions in the city as they recovered four powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IED''S) from a school at Maharajgunj in downtown Srinagar. The IEDs were prepared by terrorists, using fire extinguishers, but they escaped minutes before police along with BSF and CRPF raided the school, a police spokesman said. He said the terrorists had completed 90 per cent of the job when a joint patrol party went to the school building following specific information about suspicious movement of some persons in the premises. The school is closed for winter vacations.

Found / Defused IED, 8/12/2003, Kenya
Source: BBC News

A terrorists' arsenal and false identity kit have been seized in a dawn raid [on 11 August] in Mombasa.It included five anti-tank missiles, a hand grenade, six AK47 assault rifles and ammunition.All were recovered from a house in the Tudor Estate rented by the 21-year old man who blew himself up outside the town's main police station 10 days ago.Also found were weapons training manuals, national ID cards, a computer and accessories and rubber visa entry.....the object, shaped like A fire extinguisher and weighing an estimated 25 ... and then on to A nearby quarry to await the arrival of explosives experts. ...

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 1/29/2004, United States
Source: KesQ.com

“They told us to stay away from the windows, that there was a bomb,” said Susan Sobieski, who lives on Rutledge.The cause for alarm? A black box, sitting next to a fire extinguisher. A resident spotted it around 8 in the morning and called police. “You can never be too cautious,” resident Linda Grant told us. “You never know.” And the bomb squad wasn't taking any chances, either. Their robot was called out .surveying the package and then.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 1/31/2004, United States
Source: Tacoma News Tribune

Armed with a new bomb-sniffing robot, a squad of Pierce County sheriff's deputies Friday swiftly dismantled a device made to resemble a bomb. A refuse worker found the object Thursday night in a Spanaway recycling center in the 14400 block of Pacific Avenue. The device looked like a modified red fire extinguisher, but contained no explosives. It was equipped with a wristwatch, wiring, a battery and a circuit board, strapped to a metal cylinder with black.

Exploded IED, 9/8/2004, Japan
Source: Mainichi Daily News

Takeuchi was convicted of creating a vibration-triggered bomb built by stuffing gunpowder into a fire extinguisher, then setting it off outside the home of a former high school classmate on July 13 last year. The wall of a home near where the bomb exploded was damaged in the blast. In addition, Takeuchi also created and had in his possession five other fire-extinguisher bombs, a pipe bomb and a bomb made using a bicycle pump, the ruling said.

Stolen Fire Extinguisher, 2/1/2005, Thailand
Source: Singapore Institute of International Affairs

The bombings followed the theft of a large quantity of fire extinguishers a few months ago. Since then, there have been more reported cases of single extinguishers being stolen.

Exploded IED, 4/1/2005, Thailand
Source: Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Bangkok - Fire extinguishers have become the latest lethal weapon in the militants’ arsenal in Thailand’s troubled deep South. On May 9, a mobile phone was used to detonate a fire extinguisher bomb exploded in Narathiwat, the ninth such device to be used there in recent weeks. Last week, another fire extinguisher bomb hidden near a police unit in Sungei Golok district killed three policemen. “They were powerful bombs because the explosive was under pressure,” a Thai officer said. The bombings followed the theft of a large quantity of fire extinguishers a few months ago. Since then, there have been more reported cases of single extinguishers being stolen. Local police units in all 13 districts in Narathiwat have now been ordered to request businesses who own extinguishers - such as motorcycle repair shops, construction-material shops and scrap metal buyers – to register with the police so that inspections can be made. Provincial police chief Colonel Kamol Photiyop said he believed shopowners who were sympathetic to the terrorists had hidden fire extinguishers in scrap metal shops. He also said a number of bomb attempts had been undertaken with the help of owners of motorcycle repair shops, while tyre spikes used by terrorists had been made from nails bought from construction-material shops. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra noted that the militants’ tactics were constantly changing. He urged officials to be on alert for these shifts. Around the middle of last year, insurgents began using improvised roadside bombs to target mainly the military and police. Many of the devices had been triggered by mobile phones, prompting the government to order telecommunications agencies and mobile phone operators to register all users of prepaid services. Earlier, it imposed controls on the sale of water pipes to prevent insurgents from making more pipe bombs. Mr Thaksin also said that the authorities were keeping a close eye on known trouble-makers in some 60 villages throughout the South. “We have learnt that leading militants are active in these 60 areas. They are attempting to divide the region from the rest of Thailand," Mr Thaksin said.    Officials will arrest key militants in the region as soon as they have sufficient evidence to prosecute them, the Prime Minister said.

Exploded IED, 4/1/2005, Thailand
Source: Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Bangkok - Fire extinguishers have become the latest lethal weapon in the militants’ arsenal in Thailand’s troubled deep South. On May 9, a mobile phone was used to detonate a fire extinguisher bomb exploded in Narathiwat, the ninth such device to be used there in recent weeks. Last week, another fire extinguisher bomb hidden near a police unit in Sungei Golok district killed three policemen. “They were powerful bombs because the explosive was under pressure,” a Thai officer said. The bombings followed the theft of a large quantity of fire extinguishers a few months ago. Since then, there have been more reported cases of single extinguishers being stolen. Local police units in all 13 districts in Narathiwat have now been ordered to request businesses who own extinguishers - such as motorcycle repair shops, construction-material shops and scrap metal buyers – to register with the police so that inspections can be made. Provincial police chief Colonel Kamol Photiyop said he believed shopowners who were sympathetic to the terrorists had hidden fire extinguishers in scrap metal shops. He also said a number of bomb attempts had been undertaken with the help of owners of motorcycle repair shops, while tyre spikes used by terrorists had been made from nails bought from construction-material shops. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra noted that the militants’ tactics were constantly changing. He urged officials to be on alert for these shifts. Around the middle of last year, insurgents began using improvised roadside bombs to target mainly the military and police. Many of the devices had been triggered by mobile phones, prompting the government to order telecommunications agencies and mobile phone operators to register all users of prepaid services. Earlier, it imposed controls on the sale of water pipes to prevent insurgents from making more pipe bombs. Mr Thaksin also said that the authorities were keeping a close eye on known trouble-makers in some 60 villages throughout the South. “We have learnt that leading militants are active in these 60 areas. They are attempting to divide the region from the rest of Thailand," Mr Thaksin said.    Officials will arrest key militants in the region as soon as they have sufficient evidence to prosecute them, the Prime Minister said.

Warning, 4/4/2005, Thailand
Source: nationmultimedia.com

In future terror operations, terrorists are likely to use fire extinguishers as they can be used as deadly improvised explosive devices but do not attract attention, Police earlier received reports of 40 fire extinguishers going missing in the province's Muang (city) and Joh I Rong districts. Despite arousing less suspicion compared to cooking gas cylinders, fire extinguishers can be exploded and produce shrapnel because of high compression, said Colonel Krajang Suwannarat, a spokesman with Provincial Police Region 9, whose jurisdiction covers areas in the deep South. a police spokesperson warned yesterday. The officer called on residents to immediately call the police if they see a fire extinguisher in an unusual place.

Warning, 5/3/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

Yala municipality and state agencies have been asked to increase various communities in security at their offices to prevent militants from stealing their fire Pattani province. The action followed the disappearance of four out of 120 fire extinguishers issued in the

Warning, 5/9/2005, Thailand
Source: Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Local police units in all 13 districts in Narathiwat have now been ordered to request businesses who own extinguishers - such as motorcycle repair shops, construction-material shops and scrap metal buyers – to register with the police so that inspections can be made. Provincial police chief Colonel Kamol Photiyop said he believed shopowners who were sympathetic to the terrorists had hidden fire extinguishers in scrap metal shops.

Exploded IED, 5/9/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

NARATHIWAT:Six soldiers including a platoon commander were injured while patrolling on Saturday night in Jana district, where miltiants detonated a powerful bomb damaging their military truck humvee. Lt Anant Chasikote, a platoon commander from the Udon Thani-based 24th regiment, was in critical condition while others were wounded by shrapnel from the blast. Police found bomb devices in the area including remains of a fire-extinguisher canister, believed to have been stolen by local militants to make a homemade bomb for attacks on security forces.

Found / Defused IED, 5/16/2005, United States
Source: New York Times - New York Post

Then, on a table, she saw what looked to be a work in progress — a fire extinguisher packed with gunpowder, ball bearings and metal fragments. Police said the bomb would have been powerful enough to wipe out a crowd of people. it also contained a nearly completed bomb, fashioned from a fire extinguisher. We may never know for sure what he intended to do with all that weaponry, but there was some speculation that he planned to bring the bomb with him to the courthouse on Monday, where he was scheduled to be sentenced on some earlier charges. The police said that they discovered a cache of weapons and an improvised bomb yesterday in a Brooklyn home where they had been called to attend to an unconscious man who was declared dead at the scene, apparently of natural causes.Officers were called at 4:30 p.m. to the home at 602 Mayfair Drive South in Mill Basin, where they found the body of George Lambert, 46, the police said. They said Mr. Lambert's wife dialed 911 after returning home to find him unconscious in a second-floor room. The cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner, the authorities said. Investigators, including members of the police bomb squad, were called to the scene to deal with the weapons: nine handguns, an AK-47 assault rifle and the bomb, made from a fire extinguisher canister filled with gunpowder, the police said. The bomb squad took the homemade device last night to be disposed at the Police Department's firing range at Rodman's Neck in the Bronx. Investigators said last night that Mr. Lambert had been awaiting a court appearance on a charge of illegal weapons possession, but it was unclear whether the weapons found yesterday were related to that charge.

Exploded IED, 5/17/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

The bomb, planted on a road in Pulajaemudo village of Tak Bai district, went off about 9.20 pm on Monday when a patrol vehicle with two policemen passed by. The explosive, contained in a fire extinguisher, damaged the engine compartment and the windscreen.

Exploded IED, 5/22/2005, Thailand
Source: Associated Press

A roadside bomb wounded 12 persons, including police officers, and Thai and international journalists at the scene of an earlier incident, where a villager was shot dead and burned early Tuesday. Four policemen and eight reporters, including local journalists, a Reuters correspondent and a photographer from Time magazine were wounded in the bomb attack. Local resident Prapet Srimai was shot dead earlier Tuesday by an unknown number of suspected insurgents, who then burned the victim's body and his motorcycle. The shooting is believed to have been a trap set by insurgents to ambush officials, who responded to inspect the crime scene. When police and media arrived at the scene, the bomb was detonated and a number of police, local and foreign reporters received minor wounds but were rushed to hospital. According to the initial investigation, the bomb weighed 10 kilogrammes and was hidden in a fire extinguisher casing.

Exploded IED, 5/25/2005, Thailand
Source: The China Post

At least four soldiers were wounded Tuesday in an attack in southern Thailand staged by Muslim militants using a bomb made from a fire extinguisher, police said. The attack on a military truck was the 17th strike in which bombs constructed from fire extinguishers have been used in the past four weeks, said police Lt. Col. Attaporn Prompendee.

Found / Defused IED, 6/10/2005, Thailand
Source: MCOT.org

Disaster was narrowly averted in Thailand's southern city of Pattani last night after a security guard spotted an explosive which had been placed near the wall of one of the city's leading hotels. The security guard at the CS Pattani Hotel had been carrying out a routine inspection when he spotted the explosive device shortly after midnight. Disguised in a fire extinguisher, the device could have easily been overlooked, but the guard decided upon detailed examination that the equipment was suspect, and immediately alerted the police.

Found / Defused IED, 6/11/2005, Thailand
Source: nationmultimedia.com

Police bomb experts defused a 15-kilogram explosive de-vice yesterday at the rear of a hotel popular with government officials and foreign visitors, and over a hundred separate locations were targeted for arson attacks by suspected insurgents, the authorities said. The bomb would have severely damaged the CS Pattani Hotel if it went off, but it probably would not have harmed guests because it was planted quite a distance from the main lobby and restaurant, said Police Colonel Somjit Nam-somyon, Pattani’s police superintendent. The device was packed in an empty fire extinguisher filled with fertiliser and shrapnel, he said, and it could have taken down the voltage transformer if it went off. He said it took the bomb squad four hours to defuse the explosive because of heavy rain. A mobile phone SIM card connected to a 9-volt battery was discovered in the canister, he said.

Exploded IED, 6/14/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

A garbage truck from the tambon Paluru municipality was bombed at 7.30am while it was parked beside a coffee shop in Narathiwat's Sungai Padi district, 10 metres from a police station. The truck driver Iam Ampanthong, 45, died on his way to hospital. The blast also injured three garbage disposal workers _ Pat Uppakhwan, 53, Sompong Uppakhwan, 25, and Anont Ponpai, 47 _ and Pol Sen Sgt Maj Mano Sa-ee, 54. Police said the 15kg bomb was hidden in a fire extinguisher. The blast tore apart the truck, broke windows at the police station and damaged the coffee shop.

Found / Defused IED, 6/15/2005, Thailand
Source: MCOT.org

Insurgents struck in Thailand's southern border province of Narathiwat again today, planting explosives in two of the province’s districts. The first, which occurred in front of a rubber warehouse in Waeng district, was detonated by a mobile telephone shortly after 09.00hrs. Police who rushed to the scene afterwards found pieces of the device scattering across a two-meter radius, but no-one was injured in the blast. In Joh Ai Rong district, an explosive device was discovered by local troops making a routine survey in tambon Bukit. The 15-kilogram device, concealed in a fire extinguisher and buried in a hollow beside the road, was found to contain nails and dynamite. Security officers speculated that the device, which was defused by bomb disposal experts, had been planted last night and that security officers were the intended target.

Exploded IED, 6/18/2005, Thailand
Source: reuters

Militants also tried and failed to kill teachers in nearby Narathiwat province, police said. Two bombs, one hidden in a fire extinguisher and the other in a cooker, were triggered an hour apart in different Narathiwat towns when troops guarding teachers passed by, but there were no injuries, police said.

Found / Defused IED, 7/22/2005, United States
Source: Washington Post

"As far as I can remember, we've never had anything like this with the meth lab, the explosive devices and the guns," Rosado said as he surveyed the 200 items taken from Fox's car and home. Among the items confiscated were two grenades with the black powder and fuses to make them active, a gas mask, a hollowed-out fire extinguisher ideal for a pipe bomb, and a mortar, Rosado said. Police also confiscated books on weapons including "The Chemistry of Powder & Explosives," "Full Auto Conversion of the AK-47" and "The Poor Man's James Bond, Vol. 1."  Also uncovered in the raid were seven rifles, including a collapsible long rifle that could be concealed underneath baggy clothing, a SWAT-style sniper's rifle and two rifles with bayonets, said Cpl. Michael Gray of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 8/12/2005, United States
Source: The Seattle Times

A downtown Seattle street was shut down for more than an hour yesterday morning after an unidentified man left a fire extinguisher and a package with the security guard at the City Hall entrance. Seattle police closed Fifth Avenue between James and Cherry streets to cars and pedestrians, but did not evacuate the building as the bomb squad investigated. The package contained miscellaneous items that were not dangerous, police said. The man was not apprehended.

Exploded IED, 9/1/2005, Thailand
Source: Antara

Three people including two policemen were killed and 21 people were injured in a series of bomb blasts and shootings across Thailand’s troubled south, officials said Thursday. Three blasts occurred almost simultaneously late Wednesday in the town of Sungai Kolok on the Malaysian border, injuring 15 including four who were seriously hurt, police said. In Pattani province, suspected Muslim separatist militants used 11 bombs rigged from fire extinguishers in an attempt to blow up two bridges in Nongchik district in Pattani province but not all the bombs exploded, police said. "There were 11 bombs tied to pillars under the bridges but only a few of them exploded," said Pattani governor Cherdpan Na Songkhla. No one was injured in the explosions. Southern army commander Lieutenant General Kwanchart Klaharn said the militants had stepped bomb attacks across the southern provinces which border Malaysia as they came under heavy pressure from authorities. "There have been frequent bomb blasts recently because the militants want to show off their potential and prove that they still have enough forces to mount attacks," Kwanchart told reporters. In the third bomb incident, a police officer who was escorting teachers to school was killed and his colleague and two teachers were injured in an explosion in Sungai Padi district of Narathiwat province early Thursday.

Exploded IED, 9/26/2005, Columbia
Source: ABC News

In April, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, attacked Toribio and its ill-equipped police, killing eight people and reminding the country the rebels were far from defeated, despite a three-year military offensive against them. Using gunfire and homemade bombs fashioned by packing explosives into gas cylinders and fire extinguishers, the rebels left the town in ruins and continued to harass Toribio with sniper fire before army troops forced the rebels to retreat three weeks later.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 10/12/2005, United States
Source: The Jersey Journal

The post office on Washington Street between Montgomery and York streets in Downtown Jersey City was shut down from 1 to 1:45 yesterday afternoon while the bomb squad checked out a suspicious-looking fire extinguisher. It turned out to be a false alarm, officials said. The small red fire extinguisher was found by a postal worker on a ground level window ledge on the Washington Street side of the building, Jersey City spokesman Stan H. Eason said. Police noticed some unintelligible writing on the extinguisher and, thinking the extinguisher might be bomb, decided to close down the block and post office so the bomb squad could investigate. "It was just a little fire extinguisher, like the one you might have in your kitchen," Eason said. "I don't know why someone would leave it there but the cops just wanted to check it out to be careful."

Warning, 10/17/2005, Thailand
Source: [United States The Australian]

But the groups' proficiencies are expanding and techniques now mimic those in other Islamic conflict zones. Buddhist Thais are particularly spooked by the beheadings. "We never saw these methods until four year ago," says the Government's top forensic scientist, Porntip Rojanasunan. "Maybe the local people learned that from Indonesia and the Philippines." Panitan says: "We've seen their capacities improve from 5kg motorcycle bombs, to 10kg fire extinguisher bombs, to 50kg car bombs. But if they wanted a big bang, I think they would still need assistance from outside." Mobile phone-detonated bombs are now so common that police routinely deploy phone-jamming equipment at incident scenes. All this has caused intelligence agencies in Southeast Asia, Australia and the US to watch anxiously for signs of the insurgency swerving into more dangerous territory, turning southern Thailand into both a security threat to the rest of the country and possibly a regional hornet's nest. 6/12/2007

Exploded IED, 10/19/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

... Another bomb that did not explode was spotted nearby on the tracks and ... believed to have weighed 15kg each, were made out of fire extinguishers stuffed with ...

Found / Defused IED, 10/23/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

.. of bomb disposal experts was called in on the other side of town to look at a suspected bomb near a police station, which turned out to be a fire extinguisher.

Found / Defused IED, 11/2/2005, Isreal
Source: Isreal Embassy

Israel Defense Forces officer Natan Barak discovered an explosive device in his home in Ra'anana this morning. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attempted attack. Barak, who is a colonel in the Navy, woke up at approximately 5:30 a.m. from a high-pitched noise originating next to his bed. Looking down, he saw a fire extinguisher wrapped with wires and attached to a cellular phone. Barak, who suspected that the object was an explosive device, removed it from his house and immediately alerted the police. Sappers later blew up the object, which turned out to be a powerful explosive device. Police officials said this morning that the device was probably laid by terrorists who climbed into Barak's house through the windows while he was sleeping. This is the first time that Palestinian terrorists have targeted senior IDF officers inside of Israel.

Found / Defused IED, 11/3/2005, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

... A bomb squad and police inspected the area also found three bombs contained in a fire extinguisher near the dead body. Blood stains ...

Found / Defused IED, 11/15/2005, Iraq
Source: defense link

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache. They found an 81 mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives

Found / Defused IED, 11/17/2005, Iraq
Source: American Armed Forces News

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache. They found an 81 mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives. Troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team discovered another cache near Logistics Support Area Anaconda and seized more than 40 hand grenades, 40 rockets, 13 rocket-propelled-grenade rounds, 11 land mines and 500 rounds of small-arms ammunition.

Found / Defused IED, 11/17/2005, Iraq
Source: www.defenselink.mil

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache. They found an 81 mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives.

Found / Defused IED, 11/18/2005, Iraq
Source: defenselink.mi

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. troops from the 3rd Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache. They found an 81 mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives.

Found / Defused IED, 11/21/2005, Iraq
Source: Blog: A soldier's perspective

November 16 - Iraqi and Coalition forces working a joint operation detained three suspected insurgents with a number of munitions. The men had one 60mm mortar tube, two 81mm mortar rounds, one 115mm round and a fire extinguisher packed with explosives. The men are being detained pending further questioning.

Stolen Fire Extinguisher, 11/24/2005, United States
Source: US Department of Homeland Security

According to USCG reporting, on 24 November, in Kendallville, a fire official reported the recovery of 4 of 15 stolen fire extinguishers. The recovered fire extinguishers contained anhydrous ammonia (a key ingredient in the production of methamphetamine), and may represent a new trend in concealment. At the beginning of November, 15 fire extinguishers, to include red five and ten pound ABC extinguishers and silver pressurized water cylinders, were stolen. On 9 November, a maintenance worker at a Kendallville apartment complex found two extinguishers in the parking lot. As the maintenance worker approached one of the fire extinguishers, he became dizzy and weak. Fire department personnel later determined that both extinguishers contained anhydrous ammonia, one of which was leaking. To date, four, of the stolen fire extinguishers, have been recovered and found to contain anhydrous ammonia. Reportedly, if a fire extinguisher has a brass valve assembly, the anhydrous ammonia may cause the assembly to turn blue and the aluminum valve assemblies to deteriorate. (COGARD FIST Louisville, 26 Nov 04; HSOC 4533-04)

Found / Defused IED, 12/15/2005, Turkey
Source: Gulf Daily News

Two alleged Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels were arrested in this southeastern Turkish city on suspicion they were plotting to bomb public buildings, officials said. The security forces seized a fire extinguisher containing explosives, set up to be detonated from a distance by mobile phone, police sources said.

Exploded IED, 12/24/2005, Brazil
Source: Associated Press

A bomb blast which injured 15 people on Friday scared shoppers away from the largest commercial area in Sao Paulo on Christmas Eve. The homemade bomb -- made of a fire extinguisher containing explosives and nails -- went off at 25 de Marco Street in the downtown area, said to house the largest open-air concentration of commercial stores in Latin America. The area is the center of a commercial pilgrimage in the Christmas season because of the large number of low-cost shops. Shopkeepers expected 1 million clients on Saturday but fear has reduced the number by at least 50 percent, according to local media.

Found / Defused IED, 12/28/2005, Thailand
Source: MCOT.org

Fast and efficient response by bomb demolition squads foiled an insurgent attempt to blow up a bridge in Narathiwat's Rue Soh district Wednesday morning, potentially saving lives as well as infrastructure. A harmless looking fire extinguisher canister was in fact packed with 15 kilogram’s of explosives, according to police. Insurgents planted decoy bombs at least nine other locations here Wednesday morning, but the immediate response of bomb-disposal squads potentially saved many lives. The bombs -- and the fakes -- were hidden in front of local administrative offices in Narathiwat city (the provincial seat) and Rue So district. Squads of bomb technicians rushed to the different locations to defuse the explosive devices.

Found / Defused IED, 1/23/2006, Thailand
Source: nationmultimedia.com

But the five suspects had left the scene by the time the authorities arrived. Officials found an AK-47, a shotgun, two red berets, 10 military combat-like uniforms, a fire extinguisher and a sack of ammonium nitrate. It was unclear if these items belonged to the five, police said.

Found / Defused IED, 1/23/2006, Thailand
Source: MCOT.org

Authorities in Yala's Bannang Sata district went on the offensive over the weekend and Sunday night intercepted a suspected insurgent bombmaker before he could carry out what they believed was his next mission. Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Pol. Gen. Chidchai Vanasatidya said Monday that the authorities Sunday night stopped an insurgent operation in the making -- and that their proactive approach of raiding and surrounding a suspect's house before an attack could be launched was producing beneficial results. Gen. Chidchai said that preemptive searches and attacks by police and military units over the weekend had prevented a suspected insurgent from carrying out a planned attack. The police seized two weapons and a fire extinguisher --used for making home-made bombs -- in Bannang Sata district. Speaking before a meeting of security agencies, Pol. Gen Chidchai said the weekly would review progress in the three southern border provinces review the results of tactics implemented in the restive areas. About 200 police officers and soldiers raided a house in Bannang Sata district on Sunday. The suspect escaped on foot but police seized an AK-47 assault rifle with some ammunition and another firearm. A fire extinguisher, urea -- a vital chemical component in home-made bomb-building -- fertilizer and camouflage uniforms were also found in the house

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 1/30/2006, United States
Source: UPN 13 Sacramento

An empty fire extinguisher that was thrown through a window at the Jame Masji mosque in Sacramento Monday forced the building’s evacuation. According to authorities, the extinguisher was thrown through the window Monday afternoon, emitting a thick smoke that forced those in mosque to leave. Sac Metro and Sac City fire departments were called to the scene along with Sac Hazmat crews to assess the damage; the extinguisher was originally thought to be an explosive device. The Department of Homeland Security was also notified of the incident. Several homes in the area were also evacuated. Authorities are still searching for the woman who threw the extinguisher through the window.

Exploded IED, 2/2/2006, Thailand
Source: ABC News

JOH AIRONG, Thailand - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Thursday, killing three people and wounding six, police and hospital staff said. The first bomb, estimated to weigh at least 11 lbs and hidden in a truck's fuel tank, was thought to be triggered by mobile phone as it entered the city hall compound of the violence-prone district of Joh Airong, police said. The explosion threw the driver, a Muslim village chief who was due to attend a monthly meeting with his bosses at the city hall, out of the truck alive but killed and charred his two assistants instantly, they said. The phone's SIM card was found among the shattered remnants of the truck, police said. The wounded village chief was in stable condition, hospital staff said. A couple of hours later, a second bomb, detonated by the alarm clock in a mobile phone, went off in the nearby district of Sungai Padi while troops were sweeping spikes off a village road, police said. Nobody was hurt. Militants often scatter spikes on roads to aid their getaways. The third bomb, hidden in a fire extinguisher, exploded when 12 police and soldiers were escorting teachers in a small motorcade home from school in nearby Janae district, police said. A Buddhist police sergeant died in hospital while five other members of the team were being treated, they said.

Exploded IED, 2/2/2006, Thailand
Source: ABC News

JOH AIRONG, Thailand - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Thursday, killing three people and wounding six, police and hospital staff said. The first bomb, estimated to weigh at least 11 lbs and hidden in a truck's fuel tank, was thought to be triggered by mobile phone as it entered the city hall compound of the violence-prone district of Joh Airong, police said. The explosion threw the driver, a Muslim village chief who was due to attend a monthly meeting with his bosses at the city hall, out of the truck alive but killed and charred his two assistants instantly, they said. The phone's SIM card was found among the shattered remnants of the truck, police said. The wounded village chief was in stable condition, hospital staff said. A couple of hours later, a second bomb, detonated by the alarm clock in a mobile phone, went off in the nearby district of Sungai Padi while troops were sweeping spikes off a village road, police said. Nobody was hurt. Militants often scatter spikes on roads to aid their getaways. The third bomb, hidden in a fire extinguisher, exploded when 12 police and soldiers were escorting teachers in a small motorcade home from school in nearby Janae district, police said. A Buddhist police sergeant died in hospital while five other members of the team were being treated, they said.

Exploded IED, 2/2/2006, Thailand
Source: ABC News

JOH AIRONG, Thailand - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Thursday, killing three people and wounding six, police and hospital staff said. The first bomb, estimated to weigh at least 11 lbs and hidden in a truck's fuel tank, was thought to be triggered by mobile phone as it entered the city hall compound of the violence-prone district of Joh Airong, police said. The explosion threw the driver, a Muslim village chief who was due to attend a monthly meeting with his bosses at the city hall, out of the truck alive but killed and charred his two assistants instantly, they said. The phone's SIM card was found among the shattered remnants of the truck, police said. The wounded village chief was in stable condition, hospital staff said. A couple of hours later, a second bomb, detonated by the alarm clock in a mobile phone, went off in the nearby district of Sungai Padi while troops were sweeping spikes off a village road, police said. Nobody was hurt. Militants often scatter spikes on roads to aid their getaways. The third bomb, hidden in a fire extinguisher, exploded when 12 police and soldiers were escorting teachers in a small motorcade home from school in nearby Janae district, police said. A Buddhist police sergeant died in hospital while five other members of the team were being treated, they said.

Found / Defused IED, 2/2/2006, Iraq
Source: ABC News

The Iraqi army was almost immediately suspicious of the object after a car pulled up to the side of the road, someone inside threw out what looked like a fire extinguisher, and the vehicle sped off. It was, in fact, a fire extinguisher, but it was packed with plastic explosives. About an hour after the device was found, a small robot was sent in so technicians could view the device remotely. It then dropped an explosives pack on the device so it could be destroyed in a controlled environment.

Found / Defused IED, 2/5/2006, Denmark
Source: www.rsf.org

A fire extinguisher suspected of being a bomb was found on 5 February in front of the building that houses the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Security has been stepped up at the newspaper, which has dedicated its 8 February issue to the Danish cartoons. The Dutch daily De Volkskrant received an e-mail message on 3 February warning that a bomb was about to go off inside its headquarters.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 2/13/2006, United States
Source: Gmtodoy.com

GERMANTOWN - A passerby on Santa Fe Drive West made a startling discovery - an object with the words "pipe bomb" written on it. Germantown police were called at around 9:14 p.m Thursday after the object was found, according to a Police Department report. The object was red and shaped like a fire extinguisher, but without the handle or hose. The Germantown Fire Department and the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad also responded according to a report. The bomb squad disabled the device and found that it was not a bomb, said Police Chief Pete Hoell.

Exploded IED, 3/11/2006, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

... At the scene of the attack, forensic experts gathered evidence, including pieces of bomb debris, including shards of metal from a fire extinguisher. ..

Found / Defused IED, 3/13/2006, United States
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A Deer Park man who was arrested last month on suspicion of making bombs was arrested again Monday for allegedly threatening to bomb an apartment building from which he was evicted. Ronald E. Huscusson, 35, remained in the Spokane County Jail Tuesday night in lieu of $25,000 bond. He was scheduled to be released Thursday evening if no formal charge is filed against him. Sheriff's Detective Dan Spivey said news accounts of Huscusson's arrest on Feb. 26 prompted ... Spivey said one witness reported Huscusson stole A fire extinguisher while ... Huscusson was disassembling the fire extinguisher to turn it into A Bomb. ...

Found / Defused IED, 3/21/2006, United States
Source: Detroit Free Press

A 16-year-old Oxford boy is being held in juvenile detention while investigators try to unravel the reasons why he allegedly amassed a cache of homemade bombs and the blueprints of Oxford High School. Joel Thomas faces several charges related to break-ins earlier this spring at an Oxford school district maintenance building and the Oxford Public Library as well as arson at another school maintenance building. Police discovered as many as a dozen bombs and the blueprints in a search of Thomas’ Pontiac Street home. The teenager now is charged as a juvenile, but Deborah Carley, chief deputy prosecuting attorney for the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office, said authorities are pushing for adult charges. Though she couldn’t say whether Thomas intended to attack Oxford High School, Carley said: “There’s a significant amount of information that he is a danger to the community. “It’s always a concern when students have possession of blueprints coupled with items that could be used in a destructive or harmful manner,” she said. Thomas is charged with arson of real property and breaking and entering in the May 14 fire of a garage at 107 Pontiac Street; breaking and entering in an April 21 incident at the library; and a May 6 break-in at a second maintenance building, where police say he stole walkie-talkies, keys, a scanner, batteries, a battery charger, a fire extinguisher, a torch, a flash drive and a digital camera.

Found / Defused IED, 3/21/2006, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

Pattani — Police removed a dud homemade bomb weighing 20 kilogrammes planted near an orphanage in this southern border province Tuesday morning. Police said the bomb was planted in front of a restaurant beside the orphanage in Muang district. The bomb made of a fire extinguisher and fertilizer weighing 20 kgs was designed to be detonated by a mobile phone. The phone record showed that a call had made to it but it failed ignite the explosives. Police safely disposed the bomb at 8:30 am. Pol Col Somjit Nasomyon, commander of Muang district police station, said the bomb carried number 12, prompting police to suspect that there were several other bombs prepared to be planted in the area.

Found / Defused IED, 3/21/2006, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

Pattani _ A major explosion was averted here yesterday after bomb disposal experts defused a 15kg fertiliser bomb planted at a food shop in Muang district. Meanwhile, a kamnan was killed and two men seriously injured in drive-by shootings elsewhere in the province yesterday. The bomb, which was planted under a table, was found by shop owner Chanin Wan-glad who immediately alerted police. The bomb was made from a fire-extinguisher canister filled with urea fertiliser, metal scraps and nails. It was wired to be triggered off by a mobile phone. Police believe the bomb was planted by separatist insurgents and targeted at state officials who eat at the shop. Mr Chanin suspected that the insurgents sneaked into the shop to plant the bomb around 2am when he heard dogs barking loudly.

Found / Defused IED, 3/31/2006, Iraq
Source: American Armed Forces News

Elsewhere, soldiers from Company C, 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, and the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a large weapons cache today in southwestern Baghdad. The cache included about 900 pounds of high-munitions explosives, a roll of detonation cord, nine long-range communication antennas and two demolition sticks weighing about 300 pounds. They also found roadside bombs made from various materials, including two anti-artillery guns and eight 155 mm rounds. The soldiers also found a 122 mm round, a fire extinguisher, 30 82 mm mortar rounds and a 300-pound acetylene tank, all prepared as roadside bombs.

Found / Defused IED, 3/31/2006, Iraq
Source: Blog: A soldier's perspective

March 31 - Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a large weapons cache in southwestern Baghdad. The cache consisted of approximately 900 pounds of high explosives, one roll of detonation cord, nine long-range communication antennas, two demolition sticks, two anti-artillery guns, eight 155 mm rounds, a 122 mm round prepared as a roadside-bomb, a fire extinguisher prepared as a roadside-bomb, 30 82 mm mortar rounds prepared as roadside bombs and a 300-pound acetylene tank prepared as a roadside bomb

Found / Defused IED, 4/23/2006, Iraq
Source: nationalreview.com

The cache consisted of 16 bags of high-munitions explosives (approximately 900 lbs), one roll of detonation cord, nine long-range communication antennas, two demolition sticks (approximately 300 lbs), two ZPU anti-artillery guns, eight 155 mm rounds, a 122 mm round prepared as a roadside-bomb, a fire extinguisher prepared as a roadside-bomb, 30 82 mm mortar rounds prepared as roadside bombs and a 300-pound acetylene tank prepared as a roadside bomb.

Exploded IED, 5/10/2006, Thailand
Source: thaiday.com

Two hours later, a bomb reportedly weighing 30 kilograms went off in Pattani as a Humvee carrying troops drove along a deserted road. Two soldiers were wounded when the remote-control device, hidden inside a fire extinguisher, exploded, spraying metal rods across a wide area.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 6/15/2006, United States
Source: dallasnews.com

Post office in Garland Texas had a scare last week with a smoking package that turned out to be a fire extinguisher. A package at a Garland post office that began making strange noises and smoking was a fire extinguisher, authorities said. Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said the Garland police bomb squad was called to the U.S. Post Office in the 3200 block of Saturn Road after employees called police and said a package was making popping noises and emitting fumes. The bomb squad responded to the scene and a robot deployed to investigate the package determined it was a dry chemical fire extinguisher. The post office was evacuated shortly after the suspicious package was reported, but as of 9 a.m. employees and customers were allowed to return to the building.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 6/15/2006, United States
Source: NBC5i.com

GARLAND, Texas -- A post office in Garland was evacuated Thursday morning after a suspicious package was found by a postal worker. Garland firefighters arrived at the post office at about 6:30 a.m. on the 3200 block of Saturn Road after the employee noticed the package was sizzling and smoking. Firefighters on the scene decided to call out the bomb squad, who planned to use a robot to remove the package. Additionally, the health department was called in to take air samples to determine if there was any airborne risk. Before destroying the small package, Capt. Jeff Tokar of the Garland Fire Department said officials were trying to contact the NY-based sender and the Garland recipient to determine the contents of the package. Tokar said the package was about the size of a small fire extinguisher, which it turned out to be. Tokar said that officials took every precaution to protect the public since the contents of the package was unknown

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 6/28/2006, United States
Source: wtlv.com

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Sergeant Tim Willingham has just removed his heavy protective vest to reveal a tee shirt soaked with sweat. Willingham and his fellow bomb squad members have just diffused their third call-out of the day. "Like all police work, it comes in waves. You can't say when it comes," said Willingham. just hours earlier, Willingham and his crew were at the beach assisting Jacksonville Beach Police after two boys playing soccer discovered a pipe bomb in the sand. Several blocks of the beach between 6th Avenue South and 9th Avenue South were evacuated as the device was analyzed, secured, then destroyed. "The techs handled that real well. Real professionally, and the Jax Beach Police Department made all the right calls and it turned out well for everybody. Nobody got hurt," said Willingham. "When we're not sure what it is, that's when we go ahead and establish the perimeter and call out the bomb squad," said Lieutenant Brett Sharp with JSO. Sharp and fellow officers had shut down an eight block area surrounding the La Villa School For the Arts Monday night. From the beach to La Villa. Another Bomb Squad call-out. A suspicious fire extinguisher was found placed by the school's back gate. "Like the fire extinguisher had been altered to a degree, so that's when we decided to establish the perimeter. Call out the bomb squad," said Lt. Sharp. In the working world, jobs just don't get much more dangerous, but training, discipline and technology are the keys to survival. "Our training and our educational experience. These are guys that have been through a lot of training. They've been doing this for a lot of years," said Sgt. Willingham. "I can't say enough about the bomb techs for the city of Jacksonville. These guys are well educated, well trained. They're professional. They do an outstanding job every time we come out."

Found / Defused IED, 8/4/2006, Thailand
Source: thaiday.com

And in Si Sakhon district, security forces defused a 15 kilogram bomb found next to the district police station. Police said the device was made out of a fire extinguisher, with a digital alarm clock as a detonator. In nearby Chanae district, a three-to-four kilogram device was detonated outside a gas station, damaging the perimeter fence. No injuries were reported. However, Chitchai admitted militants were finding ways around government attempts to prevent them from using mobile phones to detonate bombs. However, he would not disclose the strategies being employed by the militants or how the government planned to deal with the problem.

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 9/4/2006, Ireland
Source: Washington Post

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Police searched the official residence of Dublin's lord mayor Thursday after an outlawed Protestant group from Northern Ireland claimed to have planted a bomb inside the building 25 years ago. The Ulster Volunteer Force said it had hidden the bomb inside a fire extinguisher in a roof space in the Mansion House in a failed attempt to kill leaders of Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party, which held its annual party conference in the building in 1981. The UVF said it passed information on the bomb to an Irish government contact earlier this week. The UVF statement comes at a moment when the underground organization's commanders are mulling whether to disarm and renounce violence for political purposes in support of the Northern Ireland peace accord of 1998. The IRA made both moves last year. Police evacuated the lord mayor, Vincent Jackson, and his family and staff Wednesday night and began searching Thursday morning. An army bomb-disposal team took apart one particularly old fire extinguisher, but no explosives were found, police said. The search continued into the evening. The UVF killed more than 300 people, mostly Catholic civilians, in a self-described "war" against supporters of the Sinn Fein-IRA movement but has been largely observing a cease-fire since 1994.

Found / Defused IED, 9/13/2006, Thailand
Source: MCOT.org

Meanwhile, in Narathiwat, a bomb squad defused a roadside bomb in Sungai Padi district on Wednesday morning. The remote-controlled bomb weighed 15 kilograms and was hidden in a fire extinguisher.

Exploded IED, 9/29/2006, Thailand
Source: Bangkok Post

Narathiwat _ A roadside bomb attack critically wounded soldiers on their way to escort teachers in Sungai Padi district yesterday. An army Humvee carrying six soldiers was travelling along Pohjehteng-Gawa road when it was hit by the bomb which went off around 7.30am. The force of the blast overturned the Humvee. Five of the soldiers were seriously injured. They were identified as Sgt Puttra Bhodijak, Sgt-Maj Amporn Somwan, Pvt Banpot Chakkupan, Pvt Amporn Tipwan, and Pvt Sompol Polpeng. Police said the home-made bomb, weighing 15kg, was packed in a fire extinguisher buried under the road. It was triggered by a detonating cord. The attackers then emerged from hiding to spray bullets at the Humvee before fleeing. A search of the attack scene found some abandoned firearms and a booby trap, which was defused by a bomb disposal squad, police said.

Found / Defused IED, 10/21/2006, Thailand
Source: nationmultimedia.com

In Narathiwat, fire-extinguisher canisters stuffed with explosives were found in a sweep through Tambon Borngor in Ranga district by about 100 members of the Ranger Task Force 34 Saturday. The explosives were found near the site of a brief gunfight between a 10-man patrol unit and a group of suspected militants on Friday in which two Rangers were injured.

Exploded IED, 11/17/2006, Thailand
Source: cnn.com

NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Friday, wounding 22 people, in an apparent response by separatist militants to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's visit the previous day. Police said the first bomb, a 15 kg (33 lb) device hidden in a fire extinguisher, hit a military Humvee with five soldiers inside in a town in Narathiwat, one of the three southernmost provinces where more than 1,800 people have been killed since January 2004. The second and third bombs were detonated by mobile phoneS around an hour later at a tea shop and in a nearby street in the provincial capital of the same name, wounding 17 people, police said. The suspected Muslim separatists, who have never made their goals public or claimed responsibility for any attacks, detonated bombs almost simultaneously at eight car and motorcycle showrooms the day after Surayud's previous visit on Nov 8. Surayud, appointed by the army after a September coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has apologised to the region's Muslim, Malay-speaking majority for the iron fist approach of his predecessor.

Exploded IED, 11/17/2006, Thailand
Source: cnn.com

NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Friday, wounding 22 people, in an apparent response by separatist militants to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's visit the previous day. Police said the first bomb, a 15 kg (33 lb) device hidden in a fire extinguisher, hit a military Humvee with five soldiers inside in a town in Narathiwat, one of the three southernmost provinces where more than 1,800 people have been killed since January 2004. The second and third bombs were detonated by mobile phoneS around an hour later at a tea shop and in a nearby street in the provincial capital of the same name, wounding 17 people, police said. The suspected Muslim separatists, who have never made their goals public or claimed responsibility for any attacks, detonated bombs almost simultaneously at eight car and motorcycle showrooms the day after Surayud's previous visit on Nov 8. Surayud, appointed by the army after a September coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has apologised to the region's Muslim, Malay-speaking majority for the iron fist approach of his predecessor.

Exploded IED, 12/6/2006, Thailand
Source: aljazeera.net

Also in Yala, in the Krong Pinang district, a bomb concealed in a fire extinguisher and buried by the roadside killed a soldier as his patrol drove by in a Humvee. Two other soldiers in the vehicle were injured in the incident.

Found / Defused IED, 12/22/2006, Iraq
Source: Editor and Publisher

"I watched through several inches of safety glass as what had once been a fire extinguisher But was now packed with explosives was dug up By a long ...

Found / Defused IED, 4/13/2007, Iraq
Source: BBC News

RAMADI, Iraq – Provincial Security Force 1 discovered a weapons cache in the Hay Al Dhobot Thanaya district while conducting clearing operations here April 13.The cache consisted of 22 speed bump improvised explosive devices, 11 fire extinguishers, four propane cylinders, two suicide vests, 60 projectiles and mortars ranging in size from 60mm to 130mm, and 10 gallons of chlorine.Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment assisted in the recovery of the cache by securing the area until demolition experts arrived to assess and reduce the cache.

Exploded IED, 5/7/2007, Thailand
Source: Bankok Post

A 14-year-old boy and his grandmother were badly wounded Friday morning when insurgents blasted their stall selling rice puddings in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district.Buddhists Lert Kongsamret, 68, and her grandson Chongchaikwan were rushed to the Tak Bai hospital.In Yala, patrol soldiers narrowly escaped a bomb when their vehicle sped past a spot where insurgents hid the blast.Police said the vehicle was heading towards Ban Toh Bakae in Raman district when a blast went off right after the vehicle passed an improvised explosive packed into a fire extinguisher tank laying at the roadside.The bomb was detonated too late to cause injuries. The damage from the blast only caused a hole of 3-metres wide and 1.50-metres deep.

Found / Defused IED, 7/3/2007, England
Source: BBC News

A controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspect device found outside Hammersmith Tube station in west London, police have said.The station and surrounding roads were closed while emergency services dealt with the scare at about 0825 BST.The alert comes amid a raised security threat following the failed terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow. There was an unconfirmed report that the suspect objects had turned out to be three abandoned fire extinguishers. "These are the kinds of challenges we face in London every day," said Ch Supt Ali Dizai. "We can't afford to take any chances."

Fire Extinguisher IED Bomb Scare, 7/10/2007, United States
Source: http://www.wsbtv.com

He soon found out it was no joking manner. Police said a man was in the process of robbing the bank. Officials said the suspect brought a fire extinguisher in the bank and told a bank employee it was a bomb. Police said the man demanded $2,000 and said he wanted it in 50’s. “He started giving a verbal countdown, I guess yelling inside the bank, ‘You got 5 minutes,’ said Michael Payne with the DeKalb County Police Department.

Training, 1/26/2007, United States
Source: Associated Press

Gavin moved quickly around the spacious convention center, searching for a hidden bomb. Near a glass wall box containing a fire extinguisher, he sniffed the air and abruptly sat down. Inside was a pound of live high explosives, wrapped in black plastic.For successfully finding the "bomb," Gavin got a treat from his handler, Special Agent L.A. Bykowsky of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. His training exercise over, the 7-year-old golden Labrador retriever is ready for duty conducting bomb-sniffing sweeps for Super Bowl XLI and its related events and hotels.

Training, 1/28/2007, United States
Source: Associated Press

MIAMI — Gavin moved quickly around the spacious convention center, searching for a hidden bomb. Near a glass wall box containing a fire extinguisher, he sniffed the air and abruptly sat down. Inside was a pound of live high explosives, wrapped in black plastic.

Training, 9/20/2007, Afganistan
Source: dcmilitary.com

During the field portion of the course, instructors used live explosives to teach students the effects of various types of explosives on a variety of containers, to include a vehicle,fire extinguisher and pressure cooker, and allowed students to engage in hands-on post-blast evidence collection.

Exploded IED, 9/17/2007, Mexico
Source: reuters

A left-wing guerrilla group that bombed fuel pipelines last week has indirectly helped Mexico's drug cartels by diverting police and army resources away from combating trafficking, the attorney general said on Monday. "It's a group that we are taking very seriously and it's a severe worry for the government," he said, adding that authorities are treating the attacks as terrorism. Financed by ransom money from kidnapping, the EPR has no known links to other radical groups, Medina Mora said. He said it may have only one hundred or so active members, who use crude fire extinguisher bombs, but they pose a threat to pipelines, which are difficult to guard. Mexico is a major oil supplier to the United States which relies on it as a politically stable source

Found / Defused IED, 10/2/2007, Turkey
Source: http://www.hurriyet.com

a fire extinguisher found in a garbage can in front of Altındağ police station on Esenboğa Road in Ankara – also known as Protocol Path - contained a time bomb that was disabled only five minutes before it was set to go off.Local workers noticed a fire extinguisher in one garbage can yesterday morning and informed station police. While the police took the necessary measures to ensure safety, a bomb squad found that the fire extinguisher contained a time bomb. By the time the disposal team managed to disable the bomb, an attached clock showed that only five minutes remained until it was set to explode.Police have started an investigation, while the bomb and the fire extinguisher have been sent to a police laboratory for testing

Exploded IED, 10/23/2007, Thailand
Source: Bankok Post

Police found parts of a home-made bomb stuffed inside a fire extinguisher, small pieces of iron, urea fertiliser and wiring. It was set off by a detonating ..

Found / Defused IED, 10/27/2007, Iraq
Source: blackanthem.com

In the same area of operations Oct. 26, concerned citizens found and brought two separate ordnance caches to 1-40th Cav. Regt. troops at Entry Control Point 20, a patrol base in Hawr Rajab. The caches included two fire extinguisher IEDs filled with unknown bulk explosives, two RPGs, two 57mm rockets filled with UBE, one 60mm mortar round and nine two-liter bottles of UBE.

Found / Defused IED, 11/1/2007, Isreal
Source: Jerusalem Post

16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday morning at the Hawara checkpoint after attempting to detonate powerful bombs. The boy arrived at the "humanitarian lane" of the checkpoint, approached soldiers and hurled his bag towards them. A Civil Administration officer, in charge of assisting people in passing the checkpoint, managed to subdue the youth before he could detonate the bombs. Sappers were called to the scene and discovered four bombs inside the bag, each composed of a pipe, a fire extinguisher and shrapnel. Instructions on how to detonate the bombs were also found in the boy's possession. In his initial questioning by security forces, the youth said he planned to attack soldiers and civilians.

Exploded IED, 12/12/2007, Thailand
Source: Pravda

Sixteen soldiers going to insurgency-wracked south were injured in an explosion that rocked in Thailand on Wednesday.The bus, taking the soldiers to a military base in Pattani province's Nong Chik district, was hit by a bomb placed in a fire extinguisher and buried in the road, said police Col. Wisit Aksornkaew.Fourteen soldiers, the driver and a bus attendant were hurt, said a nurse at Pattani hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the press.

Found / Defused IED, 12/14/2007, Iraq
Source: http://blackanthem.com/

Found / Defused IED, 1/17/2008, Isreal
Source: Jerusalem Post

Shin Bet: Cell planned to bomb trainIn a joint operation, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested in December of last year five Palestinian terror suspects who allegedly planned to plant an explosive device along the train tracks between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Shin Bet announced Thursday. The arrests were made after the IDF discovered an Islamic Jihad bomb laboratory with a ready-made explosive device in the village of Nahlin near Bethlehem. During the interrogation that followed, the detainees admitted that they had planned a number of attacks against Israel, including planting explosives on the tracks near the settlement of Batire in the Bethlehem area. Other planned attacks included planting bombs along Highway 60, which runs from Jerusalem to Gush, and ambushes on IDF convoys during which the group hoped to steal the soldiers' weapons after surprising them with grenades. The members of the cell said that they learned how to make bombs on the Internet, where they also purchased the ingredients and tried to collect funds to finance their activities. The lab was found on December 17, 2007, and housed chemical components that were being used to assemble bombs. Following its discovery, it was destroyed by the IDF. After interrogating the suspects, the IDF raided the home of Assam Mamar in Bethlehem, where they discovered an explosive device inside an eight kilogram fire extinguisher, 25 kilograms of potassium nitrate, a prime ingredient for making explosives. Security forces also found a cell phone detonation system, as well as discs that had documented previous experiments the suspects conducted when making bombs.Jan 17, 2008 15:49 | Updated Jan 17, 2008 16:16 Shin Bet: Cell planned to bomb trainIn a joint operation, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) arrested in December of last year five Palestinian terror suspects who allegedly planned to plant an explosive device along the train tracks between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the Shin Bet announced Thursday. The arrests were made after the IDF discovered an Islamic Jihad bomb laboratory with a ready-made explosive device in the village of Nahlin near Bethlehem. During the interrogation that followed, the detainees admitted that they had planned a number of attacks against Israel, including planting explosives on the tracks near the settlement of Batire in the Bethlehem area. Other planned attacks included planting bombs along Highway 60, which runs from Jerusalem to Gush, and ambushes on IDF convoys during which the group hoped to steal the soldiers' weapons after surprising them with grenades. The members of the cell said that they learned how to make bombs on the Internet, where they also purchased the ingredients and tried to collect funds to finance their activities. The lab was found on December 17, 2007, and housed chemical components that were being used to assemble bombs. Following its discovery, it was destroyed by the IDF. After interrogating the suspects, the IDF raided the home of Assam Mamar in Bethlehem, where they discovered an explosive device inside an eight kilogram fire extinguisher, 25 kilograms of potassium nitrate, a prime ingredient for making explosives. Security forces also found a cell phone detonation system, as well as discs that had documented previous experiments the suspects conducted when making bombs.

Found / Defused IED, 1/30/2008, Iraq
Source: Troopscoop blog

BAGHDAD - MND-Baghdad Soldiers found 2 weapons caches during ongoing ops in the Rashid District of Baghdad, Jan. 30.Soldiers from HHC, 4th Bn, 64th Armored Regt, 3rd ID, attached to Task Force Dragon, found the first cache during an early morning patrol in West Rashid. Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel were called in to safely dispose of a sniper rifle without scope, 4 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, an 81mm mortar round and 3 brick sized containers filled with homemade explosives.Later while patrolling Doura, Soldiers from Co D, 2nd Bn, 4th Inf Regt, 10th Mtn Div, also attached to TF Dragon, found 50 pounds of homemade explosives and a large fire extinguisher rigged to detonate in an open field.

Found / Defused IED, 2/15/2008, United States
Source: Caller.com

CORPUS CHRISTI — While following up late Thursday on a burglary, that occurred last week on Whisper Wind Drive, Juvenile Enforcement Team investigators found an improvised explosive device made from a fire extinguisher.During the search of a home about 10:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Belmeade Drive officers noticed a fire extinguisher had a marine flare taped to it, according to a Friday morning police brief.

Exploded IED, 3/15/2008, Thailand
Source: Associated Press

Car Bomb Kills 2 in ThailandPATTANI, Thailand (AP) — A bomb exploded in the parking lot of an upscale hotel in Thailand's restive south on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 14 others, police said.The blast shattered windows as high as the eighth floor of the C.S. Pattani Hotel, the largest hotel in Thailand's southern provinces, where a Muslim insurgency has been under way since 2004.The bomb was hidden in a fire extinguisher inside a parked car near the hotel's entrance, said Col. Tawatchai Samutsakorn. Police found and defused a second bomb in a hotel restroom, he said.No one immediately claimed responsibility, and authorities did not speculate on who was behind the attack.A hotel security guard died in the explosion and the other victim died later at a hospital, Tawatchai said.A senator from Pattani province, Anusas Suwanmongkhol, owns the hotel and suffered a slight head wound in the explosion, Tawatchai said. A Thai television journalist and two children were also lightly wounded, he said.An outdoor cafe attached to the hotel was badly damaged.The hotel has tight security and a reputation as the safest place to stay in Thailand's three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.The three southern provinces are the only Muslim-dominated area of Buddhist-majority Thailand. Violence has surged this year after a lull in the second half of 2007.The insurgency has killed more than 2,900 people since 2004.

Exploded IED, 3/26/2008, Chile
Source: Reuters

SANTIAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a bank in the Chilean capital on Wednesday, the second attack in 10 days, and authorities blamed anarchists, who hold protests at this time every year. A fire extinguisher containing a homemade explosive charge detonated at the door of a branch of state-run BancoEstado in west Santiago. No one was injured, but a door and windows were damaged. "We believe (those responsible) are anarchists," a source at the state prosecutor's office said, asking not to be named. "(The bombs) are part of the propaganda of these groups." On Saturday, anarchists are expected to mark the anniversary of the deaths of two militant brothers during Augusto Pinochet's iron-fisted 1973-1990 rule.There have been numerous bomb threats leading up to Saturday's anniversary, known as the "Day of the Young Combatant," which has become a lightning rod for protests by anti-establishment groups and radicals.Shortly after Wednesday's blast, police evacuated students from a school in the capital after a bomb threat.Last year, groups of students wearing balaclavas clashed with police in the capital and other cities, some throwing stones and molotov cocktails at police, who retaliated with tear gas and water cannon.At least 12 police were wounded in the clashes, and many shops and businesses closed down for the day. Several explosive devices detonated, but no one was injured.Chile's government has vowed to clamp down on radical groups who set off bombs, and extra police will patrol the streets of Santiago on Saturday."We are always on guard, but we won't get caught up in their game," government spokesman Francisco Vidal told reporters. (Reporting by Simon Gardner and Antonio de la Jara)

Found / Defused IED, 4/1/2008, Iraq
Source: Press Zoom

In earlier operations, Multinational Division North soldiers killed three enemy personnel March 30 after locating a weapons cache and an al Qaeda in Iraq bunker in Bojima, near Baqouba.During a joint weapons-clearing operation with Iraqi soldiers, the combined force began receiving small-arms fire. A coalition air weapons team spotted the armed personnel fleeing from the contact location and engaged the enemies, killing three and wounding one other.Soldiers from the Iraqi army's 5th Division and Multinational Division North soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division’s 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., destroyed a heavy fortified bunker, two 82 mm mortar base plates, a 60 mm mortar base plate, and a 60 mm mortar tripod. They also destroyed two propane tanks and a fire extinguisher that was suspected of containing homemade explosives.“Destroying the bunker will further degrade al Qaeda in Iraq's ability to conduct offensive and supply operations,” said Army 1st Lt. Colin Lebeau, a 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, assistant intelligence officer.In the Abu Harab village of Diyala province March 30, the local “Sons of Iraq” citizen security group prevented the kidnapping of two women and four children. The Sons of Iraq fought off four vehicles carrying al Qaeda in Iraq members who had kidnapped the six people. The local resistance force recovered all the would-be kidnapping victims.“The quick reaction of these local heroes, the village's Sons of Iraq, is yet another example of the strength and determination of Iraqis to fight for the peace they deserve,” said Army Maj. Dan Meyers, a Multinational Division North spokesman.

Stolen Fire Extinguisher, NA, Thailand
Source: Bankok Post

Two Thai Army rangers were wounded Friday after a bomb suspected set by insurgents exploded, and a school was burned in a separate attack in the restive southern region, officials said. A patrol vehicle filled with Army rangers in Ruso district of Narathiwat province Friday afternoon when a bomb detonated by not less than three insurgents who were hiding on the roadside, exploded. The impact injured two rangers. Found in the area was a 150-metre long wire and a fire extinguisher cylinder. A combined force of police, army and provincial security staff with helicopters and trained dogs surrounded the area in a bid to capture the bombers, they said. The two victims were sent to hospital in the district for treatment. About half-an-hour later, insurgents burned a one-storey school in Pattani's Mayo district. Firefighters took more than an hour to contain the fire. Four classrooms were damaged. Meanwhile, some 200 local residents gathered outside a mosque in Pattani municipality denouncing the killing of 25-year-old Patcharapon Boonmat on Wednesday. The protestors submitted a letter to the government through the deputy governor, saying that the Pattani public wished to express condolences to the victim's family and denounced the killing as inhumane. Angry villagers in nearby Yala were also rallying at Yala provincial hall for the third day, demanding that both Council for National Security (CNS) chairman Sonthi Boonyaratkalin and Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont met them and received their demands. Gen. Surayud is due to visit the southern border region next Thursday to get first-hand information.